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SiliconRepublic: Open Arms for Open Source

"The open source software movement has been gaining supporters
around the globe as a low-cost community-supported effort that
provides an alternative to proprietary software. As the name
implies open source gives users access to the source code of
software programs, something that commercial software companies
keep a closely guarded secret, so that users can make improvements
or alterations to the software that are then shared with the rest
of the community. The ubiquity of the internet has been a crucial
factor in open source becoming popular as software can be
downloaded from the internet and free support is available from the
numerous online forums devoted to the topic..."

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